The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-05-13

Halves-usvs No Flaw IL Your work
Why : Captain Was Poisoned
II 1--we could only learn early in life
that every thing we do Is Of impor-
tance! that there are really no tribes!
II we would only learn that every
thing we do results in something that
Is either good or III! that to slight our
work is to bring disaster or loss or dis
grace! In book, recently published. Is
the following story told by the mother
Of two young girls. the story Of whose
struggles will help many girls and
boys into . truer life. The mother
tells the story in the twilight after
each girl has given an account Of her
days experience:
Ny fathers last voyage was an unusually
long one but q last We could watch for his re-
turn Only my mother and L this time. for
Richard Vas with him; 80 We had double rea-
excited va. for my father Va very good 20
me, and always kept one corner Of his BIG -
chest for me.
The boys in salem used 70 watch On the
wharf whenever = ship Was expected. and the
minute IL came in sight would run 70 the houses
Of those on board with the nevk nhwere .
sailors wffe. she rave him : quarter. IL
mates. . half; but from lie captains wife .
whole dollar vss expected One moFning-we
we're q breakfasts boy came running in "a
tell us that the brig CIPHER" Vas in sight He
seemed 70 Be In : great hurry. bat that We did
not think OF til aftervard-
Ny mother and took N old glass o. fashers
and went up TO the attic. where We had . good
view OF the harbor Mother held the glass .
Inns nh nd snII ~
said short and quick: Take the glass Your
eyes are younger than mine. Do you see the
nagy 50 looked AMI did zee H. -Oh.
mother Tered its ~ half-mastr' For We
were sailors wife and daughter. and We knew
what Il meant II said-that the captain vas
dead.
TWAS 90 Bye-and-bye Ne learn III about n.
Partly from the mate; partly. but not tin long
afterward and ~ degrees. from Richard n
vas on the return voyage- He Vas poisoned
They were trading for ivory on the African
coast He had zone ashore with Richard, e
settle matters with the native chief. who Vas
very friendly and offered them - . farewell
banquet some rice and drink Of cocoanut
milk me poison Vas In one Of them Richard
did not like the native style Of cooking and.
boy-like- would not eat Thev set sail but were
only few hours on when my father Was taken
sick and died Afferward II Vas discovered that
the captain Of the last ship that had traded
there had cheated them Ibeiieve there were
10 holes in the co1orod beads that traders used
20 bargain for ivory and gold dust. and % the
natives. AL white men were alike
They buried him there ~ sea Richard tried
20 ding himself In too and Il was only BY main
force that the sailors prevented him He was
only just through school, bit he had beRRcd &c
hard 70 90 on the voyage that father yielded.
For generations the men Of our family had beeu
sescsptains; but ny brother never ct foos on
. ship again.
fhsven's told you very cheerful story. KITTY.
I'm afraid Il hasn't Improved matters much.
and mine hasn't such ~ excellent moral - had
youn and Marion-s.
lean pick one out said Marion. thought
fully. IF some manufacturer had not neglect
ed 70 punch holes in those beads. your father
wouldn't have been murdered. nor your mother
have died. nor you have been poor and had TO
earn your own living On. mother. do you sup
pose every single glass bead In the world makes
di7erencey'
'Ithink that every thread forms part And
n there il weak place in the woof IL Il fatally
aptto strike against the weak spot in the warp.
Wcczn mot see or know what u being woven.
But this We DO know-that IL concerns NJ %
make our own thread nrm and strong. and just
= nne - ever Il may be--
Recently there was terrible rail-
road accident on one Of the Massachu-
sets roads. The cause Of the accident
is supposed TO Be due to law In one
Of the trusses Of the bridge; imperfec-
tion in the truss when put into the
bridge. or break that has
been overlooked BY the inspectors
Of the road. The result Is the death Of
twenty-seven persons outright and
many severely injured Somebody
did not make their thread firm and
strong. "-ChrisfioB Usion-